Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 100, Issue 11, Pages 2810-2815Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.12.032
Keywords
Spartina alterniflora; Adsorption isotherm; Kinetics; Thermodynamics
Funding
- Nanjing Agricultural University Youth Science and Technology Innovation Foundation
- Natural Science Foundation of China [10475040]
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Low-cost activated carbon was prepared from Spartina alterniflora by phosphoric acid activation for the removal of Pb(II) from dilute aqueous solution. The effect of experimental parameters such as pH, initial concentration, contact time and temperature on the adsorption was studied. The obtained data were fitted with the Langmuir and Freundlich equations to describe the equilibrium isotherms. The kinetic data were fitted with the Lagergren-first-order, pseudo-second-order and Elovich models. It was found that pH played a major role in the adsorption process. The maximum adsorption capacity for Pb(II) on S. alterniflora activated carbon (SAAC) calculated from Langmuir isotherm was more than 99 mg g(-1). The optimum pH range for the removal of Pb(II) was 4.8-5.6. The Freundlich isotherm model was found to best describe the experimental data. The kinetic rates were best fitted to the pseudo-second-order model. Thermodynamic study showed the adsorption was a spontaneous exothermic process. Crown Copyright (c) 2008 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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